Telegram-herald., 1887-08-14

and longitude TO longitude. Another mo-
ment, end the golden gates were open, and
the sun himself came forth es a bridegroom
from his chamber, with pomp and glory and
a flashing az of lO,OOO,0O spears, and en-
braced the night and covered her with bright
ness, and it was day.
But as vet / could see nothing save the
beautiful blue sky above; for over the water
was q thick layer of mist exactly rs though
the whole surfs.ce had been covered with
billows Of cotton wool. By degrees, however,
the sun sucked up the mists, and then | saw
that we were ahoat upon a glorious sheet
Of blue water, OF which I could not make out
the shore. Some eight or ten miles behind
Us however, there stretched as far os the eye
could reach a range OF precipitous hills that
formed retaining wall OF the lake, and
have no doubt but that it was through some
entrance In these hills that the subteTranean
river found It's way intothe open water In
deed. I Afterwards ascertainei this tO 90 the
fact: and it viii be some indication of the
extraordinary strength and directneSs OK tho
current Of the mysterious river that tho
canoe. even at this distance. was still answer
ing TO It. Presently, too, I, or rather Umslo-
pozaas, who woke up Just then. discovered
another indication, and very unpleasant
one it was Perceivirg s0nlo whitish object
upon the water, UnslopoSaas called my
attention to Il, and With few strokes OF the
paddle brought the canoe TO the spot. where
upoa We discovered that the object was tho
body Of a man floating face downward. This
was bad enough, but imagine my horror
when Uinslopo<ass having turned hin on to
bis hack with ths paddle we recognized in the
Sunksn features the lineaments of-shom
do you suyposai None other than our
poor servant who had heeu sucked down
two days before n the waters Of the sub
tsrransan river. II quite frightened rs.
thought that We had left Elm behind forever:
ards behold borne by the current. he had
made the awful journey with "a, aud With us
had reached the end HIS appearances also
was dreadful. for he tcrs traces Of having
touched the pillar Of fTe-one arm being
completely shriveled mp. and al bis bsir
being burnt OF. The features were, ss I
have said. sunken, and yet they preserved
upon them that awful lock Of despair that I
had seen upcn his living face "a the poor fei-
low vss sucked down Rea,ly the sight I'M
nerved me, weary aud shaken as felt with
Ell that we had gone through, and I vss
heartily glad. when s1ddenly. and without
any varni :. the body hegan % sink just -
though L haA had q mission. which having
been accomplished. Il retired the real reason,
no doubt. beinz that turning IS on fts hack.
allowed free passage n the gss Down ia
went into the transparent depths-fsthora
after fathorn re could trace its coarse. tiil st
last hong ire of bfigbt air bubbles. swiftly
chasing ~sch other 70 The suTfscs. alone ra-
NAMED where Il had passed At length
these too were gone, ard that ~ss end q
our roor serFsut Unslopozsas taoag aghtfnily
watched the body vsnisA.
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-Tis an III ornsr for thee and ne. Mscnn..-
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turned On hfn anzril7, for I dislike thes@
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tbey saw cne harcri - = common fescn- Ct
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